Dancer in the dark Dancer in the dark

Patrice Chéreau‘s Elektra brims with ideas beyond its eschewing of the opera’s standard, hysterical trappings.

By November 20, 2018 at 8:20 AM
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The Minnesanger of Seville The Minnesanger of Seville

Seville bills itself as the “City of 150 operas,” and celebrated this fact at the Exposition of 1992 by erecting a magnificent new opera house, the Teatro de la Maestranza, right beside the Plaza de Toros.

By October 31, 2016 at 11:21 AM
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So I married an axe murderess So I married an axe murderess

I think the sturdier of you will enjoy Nina Stemme’s Elektra from Saturday night at Wiener Staatsoper.

By April 06, 2015 at 8:00 AM
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Springtime for Wagner Springtime for Wagner

Could Marek Janowski do for Wagner what the early music movement did for the Baroque and Classical repertory?

By June 26, 2013 at 2:34 PM
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Mast media

I have been tossing and turning over La Cieca’s most recent assignment for me: a CD of Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer based on a performance live in concert from November 13, 2010.  The anxiety mainly stems from the fact that, horror to say, I am no Wagnerite.  I know that sect of opera buffs has…

By September 21, 2011 at 11:00 AM
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Master, singers

There are several reasons to purchase the new DVD of Die Meistersinger from Vienna (EuroArts EUA 2072488), but the main one is Christian Thielemann. This production will most likely come to be known as “Thielemann’s Meistersinger,” because his sense of the overall architecture of the work is, pardon the pun, masterful.

By November 09, 2009 at 10:07 PM
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